On Monday 22 May, the NCD Alliance hosted an event in the margins of the 70th World Health Assembly focused on Success Factors for NCDs: Pathways to Accelerate Progress.

Moderated by Richard Horton, Editor-in-chief of The Lancet, the panel explored good practice and effective solutions to stimulate progress on NCDs at national and regional level; catalytic strategies in NCD prevention policies and sustainable health systems for NCDs; and highlighted the upcoming 2018 UN High-level Meeting on NCDs as the next global milestone and opportunity to review and accelerate progress.

Speakers:

• Dr Aurelijus Veryga, Minister of Health, Republic of Lithuania 
• Dr. Theresa Tam Bi, Interim Chief Public Health Officer (CPHO) of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
• Dr Champika Wickremasinghe, Director ( Health Information), Acting Deputy Director General (NCD) 
• Dr James Hospedales, Executive Director, Caribbean Public Health Agency 
• Ms Paula Johns, Executive Director, ACT Health Promotion (Brazil NCD Alliance) 
• Dr Evan Lee, Vice President Lilly Global Health

Click on the image below to access to Facebook live recordings. 

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